Woman's Love Letters

<h2><SPAN name="Song18" id="Song18"></SPAN>Song.</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Tshirr!" scolds the oriole<br/></span> <span class="i2">Where the elms stir,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Flaunting her gourd-like nest<br/></span> <span class="i0">On the tree's swaying crest:<br/></span> <span class="i0">"May's here, I cannot rest,<br/></span> <span class="i2">Go away; tshirr!"<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">"Tshirr!" scolds the oriole<br/></span> <span class="i2">Where the leaves blur,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Giving her threads a jerk,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Spying where rivals lurk,<br/></span> <span class="i0">"May's here, and I'm at work.<br/></span> <span class="i2">Go away, tshirr!"<br/></span> <span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_19" id="Page_19">[Pg&nbsp;19]</SPAN></span></div> </div> <hr style="width: 35%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />